Perry to Speak at Waterloo Lincoln Dinner

Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to swoop into Iowa Sunday, the day after the much-watched Ames straw poll and the day after he is expected to make it clear he will run for president.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Mr. Perry is speaking at the Lincoln Day dinner in Waterloo, birthplace of would-be rival Rep. Michele Bachmann (R., Minn.) and where she launched her candidacy in June.

“It’s an important area of the state for Republicans,” Mark Miner, a spokesman for the governor, told the Des Moines Register. “There’s nothing new to announce, but stay tuned.”

Mr. Perry is expected to all but say he will run for the GOP nomination in a Saturday speech in South Carolina, and will attend a house party in New Hampshire that evening. The trip to Iowa means that within about 36 hours, the Texas governor will have visited the first three caucus or primary states. He is expected to make formal announcement in Texas later this summer…